Disk over Chesapeake, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A silent,spinning daylight disc.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
Sightings from the Project Blue Book era (through 1969) live in Record Group 341 at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: National Archives and Records Administration · records window 1957-07-10 → 1957-07-27
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February 18, 2018 · 6:45 PM · DIAMOND
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April 5, 2017 · 5:30 PM · DISK
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At about 530 PM (EDT), I was sitting in my backyard, watching the birds, when I saw something moving through the sky below cloud level and at a quick but not overly fast pace, at a steady South to North direction. I first thought it was a bird, until it was nearly overhead, when I realized it was a disc shaped craft, spinning counter clockwise, and flashing lights in a red-green-white pattern. The white light seemed especially bright considering it was still daylight. The object made no noise as it passed and continued South to North until it was lost from view.
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Chesapeake, OH
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